Betty Dukes: Small Wal-Mart action leads to big suit
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It all started with something Betty Dukes didn’t do in 1998 at a Wal-Mart store in Pittsburg, Calif. She didn’t come back late from lunch.
Government
Supreme Court justices dig into details of Wal-Mart sex discrimination
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The U.S. Supreme Court dug into the details of Wal-Mart’s years of discrimination against the retail behemoth’s own woman workers, trying to figure out whether those women as a class could sue the monster company.
Policy
Heavy equipment operators advocate for jobs
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International Union of Operating Engineers Local 49 union members had their Capitol Day Tuesday, which included a rally where Governor Mark Dayton and other elected officials spoke.
Workers to gather nationwide Monday to declare ‘We Are One’
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Responding to attacks on worker rights in Wisconsin and other states, workers across the nation will gather Monday, April 4, for a series of rallies and other public events under the theme, “We Are One.” In Minnesota, events are planned in the Twin Cities and Duluth.
Wal-Mart case has high stakes for all workers
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The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on the world’s largest sex-discrimination case, pitting 1.6 million present and former female workers against retail monster Wal-Mart, has high stakes for all workers, analysts say.
Government
Public workers outline issues at Legislature
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What issues face working people at the state Legislature? How should they be addressed? Public service workers offer their views in this new video.
Triangle Fire commemoration draws parallels with today
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A half-day-long Capitol Hill commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire in New York City – a fire that killed 146 young immigrant shirtwaist makers, almost all of them women – drew uncomfortable parallels with conditions facing workers today.
Triangle returns: Young workers continue to die in locked sweatshops
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On the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire in New York City on March 25, 1911, workers in the developing world continue to die needlessly in sweatshops with locked exits.
Sheet Metal Workers challenge Wisconsin bank
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There’s a bank in Wisconsin with unusual features: Its executives gave Republican Governor Scott Walker even more money than the Koch brothers did. It still hasn’t repaid its federal “bank bailout” money. And it can sell its customers’ personal information to outsiders without their knowledge or consent.
Policy
Wisconsin-style attacks spawn record turnout in St. Paul
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“We will not let Minnesota become the next Wisconsin,” said state snowplow driver Mike Lindholt, addressing a large and energized rally of public employees at the state Capitol Tuesday.